Desha's Reno of the Turks Fan Fiction

Scene 15

Scene Notes: When Reno and Elena were sent to Costa del Sol, they shared a bed, and Elena ended up cuddling our favorite redhead in her sleep. But what was Reno doing for the two hours before she finally woke up and realized it?

From Chapter 14: Trouble in Paradise:

“Oh, just shut up, Reno…” she said at last, setting off peals of laughter from her bedmate. She glared at him, waiting for him to sober a bit, before continuing, “How long have you been awake, anyway? You couldn’t have just… nudged me back over?”

“And miss out on this? No way,” he replied, between giggles, “I’ve been waitin’ two hours for you to wake up just so I could do that…”

“Ugh… Reno, you’re completely demented.” Two hours, just laying there, waiting for her to realize what she was doing. Seriously… who did that?

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It was still dark when Reno found himself unexpectedly awake. It didn’t take him too long to figure out what had suddenly pulled him from the sweet embrace of slumber, either. Elena had just rolled over in her sleep and was now clinging to him tightly, her cheek fervently nuzzling his chest. He snickered softly, unable to avoid laughing at the situation, but hesitant to wake the sleeping rookie.

Had he been slightly less inclined towards such an easy joke, he would have done the gentlemanly thing and untangled himself from her grip so he could coax her back to her side of the bed… As it happened, however, just the thought of the look on the rookie’s face when she discovered where she’d ended up was more than enough incentive to let her stay right where she was.

Besides which… Elena was soft and warm, and frankly, he was in a comfortable enough position that he really didn’t feel much like moving at the moment anyway. And it certainly wasn’t as if she was bothering him. In fact, he was rather enjoying the gentle tickle of her breath on his bare skin. Reno shifted just enough to free his arm and wrap it around her, fingers resting lightly on her hip. His other arm he tucked behind his head, propping himself up slightly so he could watch her sleep.

As much as he enjoyed seeing her turn crimson with embarrassment, he mused silently, sometimes it was kind of a pity she was so uptight… It had – more than once, in fact – crossed his mind that she’d probably be terrific in bed if she’d just let herself go once in awhile. He doubted that would ever change, though… at least not enough for him to ever find out. Tseng seemed to be more her type.

Elena snuggled in a little tighter against him and sighed in content, murmuring something he couldn’t quite make out. The redhead smirked… she really was pretty cute like this. It almost made him reconsider letting her stay there until she woke up and inevitably freaked out.

Almost.

Instead, he let his head fall back against the pillow, drifting off into a light doze. There wasn’t much chance of him getting himself fully back to sleep… not with Elena so close, moving occasionally against his side like that. It would just keep jarring him awake.

It couldn’t have been more than an hour or two before the sun came up, though… and Elena was the definition of ‘morning person’. He could lay here perfectly comfortable for that long… particularly if the reward for doing so was seeing the rookie turn that deep shade of red he liked so well…

If it proved as effective as he hoped… maybe he’d see if he could incorporate a similar situation into the rookie’s Hell Week. He hadn’t checked with Tseng on the exact date yet, but it would be coming up soon, and he was gleefully looking forward to his first chance at proctoring it.

Maybe a little too gleefully, given that he had it halfway planned already…

He grinned widely and settled back to wait.

~fin~